[ssavile]

I’ve been trying to solve an integration problem between BBPress and BuddyPress. One or two online forums allude to the problem but don’t provide a satisfactory solution. Any help would be appreciated…..

The Issue:

I’m running both BBPress and BuddyPress on a WordPress 3.1 installation. Everything is working fine (I think) except for my inability to show/publish forum topics (written using the backend interface) in the front-end BuddyPress Forum. I can write and publish the forum topics at the front end, but using the backend allows me to add hyperlinks into the topic post itself – a functionality I want to use.

BBPress Tags and Forums written at the backend show in the front-end without any issues. It’s simply the topics written at the backend that don’t show in the front-end forum…..

Do I need to create some kind of integration loop that allows a synchronisation between the BBPress topic and BuddyPress forum (which essentially seem to be the same thing)? Is there a plugin that I’m missing that can resolve the issue instead…

My apologies if you have answered on this issue before – I’m on a steep learning curve with website development but am responding fast…I just need to find a written solution which is much clearer for me (and probably many others) to understand!!!!

Simon

[thuthuatpc]

Hello everybody, I’ve just installed WordPress and bbpress plugin. Now i can access to forum via this link http://websiteaddress.com/?post_type=forum. But i want the forum appear when we go to http://websiteaddress.com, how i do that? Please help me with this problem.

Thank so much

[master5o1]

You can create a regular wordpress page and add the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] so show the forum index, and perhaps [bbp-topic-index] also if you want recent topics to be displayed on the same page.

[Mike1233]

Hey there,

i see the nice bbpress Profile and dont want users look to the wordpress admin for profile. but the normal avatar plugins dont work on bbpress profile site. can everyone make a plugin for user can upload a own avatar via the bbpress profile page?

when its a premium pay plugin its okay i dont want all for nothing.

Sry for bad englisch

greetings

Mike

[emersonthis]

AHA!

This explains a lot! I had not copied the bbpress theme files into my wordpress theme directory. So now it makes a lot of sense that it would default to the page.php template. (I was editing the bbpress template file while they were still inside the plugins directory.) I’ll try adding the bbpress template files into my current directory. Thanks so much!

[Anointed]

@sdp

Check #2 https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility

I have no personal experience using shortcodes as I prefer having total control. What I can say is that after adding all the bbpress templates to your own theme folder and adding in the theme support function, then you have absolute total control over how you want everything to appear.

[NoahH]

Hey All,

I’d love some direction on this issue. I’m trying to create a section of my forums that is viewable only to certain members. Specifically, I use a plugin called “wishlist member” on my wordpress site (bbpress is the backend forum I’m now creating), and would like certain members to be the only ones able to access the private forums.

I’ve seen these threads here:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-you-make-a-private-forum-visible-to-some-wordpress-classes

And the members plugin they refer to there does not work when I install it (for some reason i can not save new roles on the new role screen).

Also, I’ve used the role-manager plugin to add new roles in bbpress but I can’t seem to be able to integrate that into the “private forums” plugin. Which would be one possible solution if anyobody knows.

Or if anybody knows why the members plugin from the thread above would not be functionaing correctly, that’d be awesome.

Or if anyone has an idea of an easy way to take members from my wordpress front end and make private forums viewable only to specific member roles, that’d be amazing.

Thank you all for any help / contributions!

Noah

[emersonthis]

If you’ve installed BBPress as a plugin (as I have), I think this is the more or less the intended behavior. There doesn’t seem to be any documentation yet, but I assume it’s supposed to act like other plugins, which should piggy-back on the current theme for their appearance. The problem I’m having is that I can’t figure out how to control this.

Small update: through trial and error I’ve determined that the “page.php” template is what’s getting used for the forum page (no matter what is assigned to the page containing the shortcode). It seems like this is somehow hardcoded into the plugin, which is too bad. It shouldn’t be hard for it to check the assigned template of the page containing the shortcode.

[Nate]

my forum is also inheriting some traits from the default theme, ignoring others, etc. basically a giant mess, as i’m using a custom theme & custom framework.

[emersonthis]

My wp-config.php file is untouched.

There’s one leftover line of code from when I was running the free-standing version of BBPress:

define( ‘COOKIEPATH’, ‘/my/root/directory’ );

But I don’t think this should effect the theme at all.

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

@Jordi

You are using the bbPress plugin and not the standalone version.

Themes for standalone version aren’t compatible with the plugin one.

What you need is some CSS fixes because the forums are already under your WordPress theme.

[websitedesigningindia]

Makes the third row of options in the admin menu instantly available without extra clicks. Conversion with code and CSS tweaks from WordPress based on original.

[websitedesigningindia]

I was bummed when I first tried to figure this out. The first fix about changing themes worked for one theme, but not the one I needed.

A couple hours searching later and after trying a few things the permission fix did the trick. I had a feeling I might not be the only one having the problem either.

The whole thing alerted me to a setting I needed to change in my FTP program which apparently was transferring files without the correct permissions.

[websitedesigningindia]

can you tell me what changes you have made and what is the content of the config.php exactly

[Snat]

Many thanks for your comment.

I have upgraded to the RC of bbPress 2.0 and converted my sites to use WordPress Network. So far, everything is going good.

[Snat]

Many thanks for your comment.

I have upgraded to the RC of bbPress 2.0 and converted my sites to use WordPress Network. So far, everything is going good.

[pimarts]

Just to be sure: This forum runs the stand-alone version of bbPress NOT the WordPress plugin.

[Jordi2000]

I change the permissions.

But still I cannot find the Biziness Template.

Not sure whether I am in the bbpress dashboard..

It says:

Theme bbPress (Twenty Ten) with 6 Widgets

You are using WordPress 3.2.1.

The Biziness template should appear in Appearance>Themes, no?

[Ashish Kumar (Ashfame)]

Sounds like you are using the standalone version. Its a bbPress theme so it will be visible in bbPress dashboard and not in WordPress dashboard.

If you still have issues, change the permission of my-templates folder to 755. Incase you don’t know how to change permissions, read this – http://blog.ashfame.com/2009/09/fix-my-templates-my-plugins-folder-not-working-bbpress/

[poppa57]

Hi,

We updated our WordPress today to 3.2.1, and made a few other tweaks, and now we are having some login issues.

Issue: User logs in, gets main Forum screen. Clicks on about any link or post, and then says:

“This topic requires access to private forum.”

“Please Login to Access It.”

If they then log in again, it lets them view the post. But then click on any link, gives same login screen again.

I have cleared all cookies, done a complete logoff, reset password, etc.

We have the basic(not full) level of integration with bbPress and WordPress.

Also may be a clue: When I change my password, the same password then works on both sites.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[peakendv]

Hi,

I’ve just installed the bbPress Plugin to my site.

I want to be able to lock users from editing their own profile.

I found this former thread.

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/lock-profile-editing-from-non-administrators

Could someone give me advice if the mini-plugin mentioned in this thread would work with the bbPress Plugin?

If so, how would I install it?

Thanks so much,

Sasha

[emersonthis]

I’ve done some more experimenting and it appears that page.php is the template file determining the appearance of the forum page. Is there a way to change this?

[emersonthis]

Correction. It doesn’t appear to be using the page.php template file however it is definitely piggybacking off the current wordpress theme somehow, because specific dynamic sidebars appear which are only called within my theme. It’s very confusing.

Although this question is highly related to the issue you’re having, I started a specific thread here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/which-wordpress-template-file-gets-used-by-bbpress-plugin

[emersonthis]

I’m experimenting with the BBPress plugin on a pre-existing WordPress site and I cannot figure out which template file is used to display the forum.

I’ve tried creating a new page and using shortcode to make the forum appear on that page, then assigning different templates. This seems to have no effect.

Does anyone know how the BBPress plugin decides which template file to use when displaying the forum?

[emersonthis]

I’m also running BBPress as a plugin to a pre-existing WordPress installation. After a lot of trial and error, I deduced that the forum appears on a WP page using the page.php template of the host wordpress theme.

I’ve tried manually assigning a different template file by using the BBPress shortcode on a specific page (created in wordpress) and then choosing a different template, but that option appears to get ignored, which is somewhat frustrating. I’m going to start a new thread for this issue, unless someone can tell me what I’m doing wrong.